| AFL 360 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | AFL program |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 15 |
| No. of episodes | 1,000+ |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Tim Hodges |
| Production locations | Melbourne, Australia |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox Sports (2010-2011) Fox Footy (2012-) |
| Original release | 7 July 2010 – present |
AFL 360 is an Australian television talk show that covers current issues in the Australian Football League (AFL). It airs on Fox Footy at 7:30 pm Mondays to Wednesdays during the AFL season. It is hosted by Gerard Whateley and Mark Robinson, and features players, coaches and experts as regular guests.
AFL 360 was launched as a weekly show on Fox Sports in 2010, airing on Wednesday nights, and continued as such in 2011. In 2012, the show moved to the re-launched Fox Footy channel, a sister channel to Fox Sports dedicated to AFL.
From 2012 to the beginning of the 2020 season, the show's regular schedule was each Monday to Thursday evening during the AFL season, except for Thursday nights on which an AFL match was played.
For the 2020 AFL season, when the AFL season recommenced after being suspended due to the due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show's schedule became more flexible to fit in with the condensed AFL season, in which matches were played most nights each week but with varying start times.
Since the beginning of the 2021 regular season, the show has moved to a consistent Monday to Wednesday 7.30pm schedule, with Thursday night AFL matches becoming a more frequent fixture throughout the season. [1] It returned to a Monday to Thursday schedule for the 2021 finals series. [2]
Each year there is a special edition on the Thursday or Friday before the AFL Grand Final, and a final episode of the season on the Monday after the Grand Final.
The show has also aired additional episodes during the season under the AFL 360 banner, such as an extended interview between Whateley and Mick Malthouse in 2015, just days after he was sacked as Carlton coach. On select occasions, the show has returned to air in the off-season to cover major breaking news in AFL. This has included in October 2013 to cover Lance Franklin’s nine-year deal with the Sydney Swans, and in January 2016 following the final Court of Arbitration for Sport judgement in the Essendon Football Club supplements controversy. The show also aired a special Friday night edition on 3 July 2015 to cover the death of Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh. [3]
In July 2018, regular Tuesday guests Jack Riewoldt and Jordan Lewis hosted an episode of the show as part of a "player takeover" promotion across various Fox Footy shows. [4]
A special Sunday night edition aired on 22 March 2020, following the decision to suspend the 2020 AFL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The show celebrated its 1,000th episode on 16 September 2020. [3]
In July 2021, Mark Robinson took medical leave from the program, along with all other media roles, and did not return as co-host for the rest of the season. The details of his medical condition were not publicised at the time. His co-hosting position was filled by a rotating roster of Fox Footy personalities. In the final episode of the year he appeared via video call and revealed that he had undergone emergency open heart surgery. [5] He returned to his co-hosting role at the beginning of the 2022 season.
In April 2022, on the first Thursday night since the start of the season to not feature an AFL match, a new edition of the program called AFL 360 Extra was screened. This first edition was hosted by Kath Loughnan and co-hosted by Nick Riewoldt and Jack Riewoldt. [6] This edition would later be called AFL 360 Plus.
| Monday "Coaches Night (2012-)" | Tuesday "Players Night (2012-)" | Wednesday "Heritage Night (2012-14)" "Legends Night (2015-2020)" "Old Mates (2020-)" "Wednesday Watchlist (2021-)" | Thursday "Fight Night" (2012–15)" "Weekend Countdown (2016-2019)" | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mark Maclure | David King | ||||||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Mark Thompson | Rodney Eade | Robert Murphy | Brad Sewell | Barry Hall | Cameron Mooney | ||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Paul Roos | Jordan Lewis | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Nathan Buckley | Brendon Goddard | Mark Thompson | |||||||||
| 2016 | Chris Scott | Jack Riewoldt | Dyson Heppell | Brian Lake | ||||||||
| 2017 | Alan Richardson | Nick Dal Santo | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Robert Murphy | Nick Riewoldt | Jason Dunstall | Dermott Brereton | ||||||||
| 2019 | Rotating Coaches | Adam Treloar | ||||||||||
| 2020 | Max Gawn | Jordan Lewis | Jarryd Roughead | No regular Thursday episodes | ||||||||
| 2021 | Christian Petracca | Mark Maclure | Leigh Montagna | |||||||||
| 2022 | Rotating Players including Jack Riewoldt, Christian Petracca, Tom Hawkins, Zach Merrett, Adam Treloar & Lachie Neale | Eddie Betts | ||||||||||
While Robert Murphy's Rascal of the Week concluded in 2014, he continued to present a Rascal of the Year award in grand final week until 2016. From 2017, Jack Riewoldt took over hosting the award. The winners are listed below.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Steve Johnson |
| 2013 | Luke Hodge |
| 2014 | Mark Robinson |
| 2015 | Ross Lyon |
| 2016 | Cooper Woods 1 |
| 2017 | Peter Steven |
| 2018 | Heidi Schwegler |
| 2019 | Stuart Dew |
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Australian Football Media Awards | Most Outstanding Television Program | Won |
| 2013 | Australian Football Media Awards | Most Outstanding Television Program | Won [7] |
| 2014 | ASTRA Awards | Most Outstanding Sports Entertainment Program | Nominated |
| 2015 | Australian Football Media Awards | Most Outstanding Television Program | Won |
| 2016 | Logie Awards | Best Sports Program | Nominated |
| 2016 | Australian Football Media Awards | Most Outstanding Television Program | Won [8] |
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